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Perception, Permission and Purpose: Portraits of Vulnerability and Resilience in Teaching

Straka, Ann L.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-749X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522399869048246

Abstract Details

2018, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
This dissertation is a qualitative portraiture study that explores vulnerability and resilience in teaching, using poetry and visual art as integrated elements of the portraiture process. This study is approached from a feminist, relational stance that views relationships and connection as central to human development, drawing from relational cultural theory (Gilligan; 1979; 2014; Jordan et al., 2004; Jordan, 2017; Miller & Stiver, 1997) and communicative resilience theory (Buzzanell, 2010, 2017) to explore how teachers make sense of vulnerability and construct resilience in their teaching lives. Findings of this study reveal the following three dimensions of vulnerability in teaching: vulnerability as courageous disconnection, vulnerability as authentic emotional expression, and vulnerability as paradox. Through the lenses of perception, permission and purpose, the participants in this study simultaneously make sense of vulnerability in their teaching lives and discursively construct resilience.
Miriam Raider-Roth, Ed.D. (Committee Chair)
Mary Boat, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Mary Brydon-Miller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sarah Hellmann, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Lisa Vaughn, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Education
portraiture; vulnerability; resilience; relational; teaching; arts-based

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  • Straka, A. L. (2018). Perception, Permission and Purpose: Portraits of Vulnerability and Resilience in Teaching [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522399869048246

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Straka, Ann. Perception, Permission and Purpose: Portraits of Vulnerability and Resilience in Teaching. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522399869048246.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Straka, Ann. "Perception, Permission and Purpose: Portraits of Vulnerability and Resilience in Teaching." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522399869048246

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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